Category: Entertainment
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Switching from a Fitbit Charge to a Garmin Vivoactive 4
Change happens As you may remember, I bought a Fitbit Charge 3 in October 2018. I hadn’t worn a watch, let alone a fitness tracker like this, before that. I soon came to enjoy having it, and the data it gave me. Unfortunately, the screen stopped working soon after the warranty expired on the device,…
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Winter thrills with Vivaldi
I really enjoy Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and I’ve been listening to variations of a few of the movements/pieces/parts (I’m not sure what the terminology is) from Four Seasons in the last day or so. Two of my favourites are these: I’ve also really enjoyed watching different performances on YouTube, such as these: We’re expecting…
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Spotify recommendations are spot on today
I’ve been listening to one of my Spotify Daily Mixes that comprises instrumental movie and TV soundtracks. It has been giving me some excellent choices, many of which I haven’t heard before. I’m really impressed! Here are a couple tracks that have become new favourites: If only my YouTube recommendations for videos were as accurate!
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I ran my first timed 5km race
Last week I ran my first timed 5km race as part of the annual Modiin Race. I set myself the goal of running in the 5km race last year when my wife and son competed in last year’s Modiin Race, and I’m pretty proud of myself for achieving my goal. I started running again towards…
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Music in the park with Tal Kravitz
Tal Kravitz performed at one of our city’s annual Autumn music festival events in a neighbourhood park yesterday. According to his bio on his Facebook Page – Tal Kravitz is a musician and a singer educated at Israel’s finest music institutions. He is also a traveler who journeyed on a personal search for original tribal…
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My favourite songs this week
I’ve heard some terrific new music lately, and I thought I’d share some of my favourite songs this week. Nick Mulvey I’ve been listening to more Nick Mulvey’s music, and enjoying many more of his songs. Here are my current favourites: I have a growing “Liked Songs” playlist on Spotify that includes all of these…
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Watch the Formula 1 theme come to life
I like the Formula 1 theme that plays at the beginning of every Formula 1 race. Logically, I knew it had to have been produced in some way. I just wasn’t expecting it to be performed quite like this: That movie soundtrack genius Brian Tyler produced this theme track makes this even more awesome! Here…
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Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The final trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie, “The Rise of Skywalker”, has arrived: I’m looking forward to watching this one (obviously). 😁 I’m especially interested to see how this reveal at the end of the second trailer plays out: You can find the previous trailers in this playlist: unsplash-logoFeatured image by James Pond
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